Bovino’s Shock Troops Have Left — With Their Tails Between Their Legs — From Chicagoland. Woot!

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So it is, that when the people rise up, and peacefully assert their rights… the totalitarians… fold. [It is fascinating that in other federal litigation, Mr. Bovino was sternly chided by other judges, for a documented pattern of brutality and false testimony by federal agents — and the man, himself — USDC Judge Ellis herself explicitly reprimanded Bovino for being “evasive, uncredible and ‘outright lying’“. She stated that the government’s own evidence often supported the plaintiffs’ claims and undermined Bovino’s often preposterous assertions. Charming work, there, Greg. Damn]

In any event, here is the latest filing in the Seventh Circuit, from my buddies — and the meat of it:

…This case has involved extensive, time-consuming litigation in a compressed time period.

Recently, however, the situation that precipitated this litigation has changed in a material way. Specifically, the roughly 200-225 DHS agents led by Defendant Bovino are no longer operating in the Northern District of Illinois, and Plaintiffs’ counsel have not received any report of unconstitutional behavior that was the subject of this litigation since November 8, 2025.

In light of these developments, today the Plaintiffs — the Class Representatives and the other individual named plaintiffs — moved the district court to dismiss the case with prejudice….

Defendants-Appellants consent to this motion to stay the pending appeal to give the district court the time required to dismiss the case with prejudice. Plaintiffs-Appellees have agreed that they will consent to a motion by Defendants-Appellants to dismiss this appeal and vacate the district court’s decision under Munsingwear.

Plaintiffs-Appellees respectfully request that the Court decide this motion before Friday December 5, 2025, given the impending briefing deadlines in this expedited appeal….

Onward, grinning — indeed when the mobsters leave town, the people sleep soundly. Onward, then, to Music City — arriving this coming Sunday night, through Tuesday night. Then back to the frozen tundra. Heh.

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Update From Jinka, Ethiopia: 349 Contacts Being Monitored For The Dread Marburg Virus — With No Approved Vaccine Yet.

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We first mentioned this outbreak at mid-November 2025. This is the first known outbreak of the wildly-lethal Marburg (a distant cousin to Ebola), in Ethiopia.

And it does offer the opportunity to conduct a clinical trial in country, on a very promising vaccine candidate. It has shown both safety and some efficacy in non-controlled settings, thus far. But the top-line here is that up to 350 people were potentially exposed, through contact, with the index case, or the close contacts of the index case. So, it is an urgent public health matter.

Here’s the latest, from CIRAP reporting, at the U. of Minn.:

…There are now 12 confirmed cases in the outbreak, which was first reported in mid-November and is occurring in the southern part of the country. Last week, the Ministry of Health said that 73 suspected case-patients have been tested so far, and 349 contacts were being monitored. Three patients have recovered, and one is still in treatment….

This is Ethiopia’s first outbreak of the severe and often deadly viral hemorrhagic fever, which is typically transmitted to people from fruit bats, can spread through contact with bodily fluids and contaminated materials, and is in the same family as Ebola. Nineteen outbreaks have previously been reported globally.

The case-fatality rate in previous outbreaks has ranged from 24% to 88%. Unlike with Ebola, there is no vaccine.

In a media briefing today, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, said the WHO is providing testing supplies and protective equipment for health care workers and deploying experts to support local authorities….

Now you know — with sunshine now melting the additional inch that fell here, in the wee hours — still over a foot on the ground, with more due by tomorrow night. Hilarious!

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Power Alley: Merck Now Smartly Financing The Coming Cidara Transaction Closing… With Various Debt Maturities.

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We mentioned this ~$9.2 billion flu-therapy M&A move, just last month. Now Rahway will issue at least eight buckets of debt securities — to keep the capital ratios in balance — on its balance sheet, as it likely brings euro cash home over the next forty years, to repay these instruments. [That — it turns out — is a very smart way to bring home cash, without paying any “repatriation” level US federal taxes.]

Here is the red herring prospectus, for all of that. The debt deals will close in three elapsed days — generating 8/9ths of the cash proceeds needed to close with Cidara. Cool. Per Bloomberg, then — subs. req. — thus no link:

…Merck & Co Inc. raised $8 billion through a US investment-grade dollar bond offering, with part of the proceeds expected to help fund its proposed acquisition of Cidara Therapeutics Inc., according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The pharmaceutical company’s offering was split in eight parts, with maturities ranging from three to 40 years, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing private details.

The spread for the longest portion of the deal — a $1 billion note maturing in 2065 — tightened to 1 percentage point above Treasuries, from 1.2 percentage points initially, the people added….

Sweet. But it is hardly private — a final 424(b) will be filed at the SEC — for the world to see — by tomorrow morning, no doubt. Onward.

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More Strong Solar Eruptions, As Of Last Evening…

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This Solar Max Cycle — Number 25 of the modern era (really since we have been closely observing them, with telescopes) — has been particularly active.

This flare erupted at an oblique angle relative to Earth, so we are unlikely to see much cell-traffic disruption or aurorae, from it. We shall see — but if it is to arrive, it will be sometime tonight, US time:

…NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare — seen as the bright flash — on Nov. 30, 2025.

This flare is classified as an X1.9 flare. X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength….

The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares and which is colorized in orange and yellow….

Now you know… “she rises, in the night, like a red hot coal — with a moan, through the trees….” Actually — that would be/is Mars. Grin.

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Update: Ms. McDonald Has Been Set Free, In NYC…

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Well — she is FINALLY free. USDC Judge VArgas in Manhattan is to be commended for acting very swiftly to end her lawless incarceration.

But she should never have been swept up, in the first place. She was attending her hearings, and progressing through the immigration court system in New York.

She would be well-advised to bring a multi-million dollar false arrest suit / malicious prosecution case, against Noem, et al., now.

Here’s the final order closing her habeas case — just entered this afternoon:

…CLERK’S JUDGMENT re:

[20] Opinion & Order. in favor of Shawnet Nickesha Mcdonald against Kristi Noem, LaDeon Francis, Pam Bondi.

It is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED:

That for the reasons stated in the Court’s Opinion and Order dated November 26, 2025, the Petition is GRANTED; accordingly, the case is closed.

(Signed by Clerk of Court Tammi M Hellwig on 12/1/2025)….

Onward, resolutely. Onward.

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Look — The MSM Says The Loud Part… Softly (Or, Not At All). Leaves Out Key Info, For US Citizen Travelers, Today. Yikes.

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Ahem. By long-standing, undisputed federal statutes, my US Passport must be accepted at all US airports –as my valid travel ID.

There can be no “add-on” (a/k/a junk) fees assessed — just because Tangerine wants everyone to get a “Real ID”, and submit to his cronies’ biometric monitoring.

I will never pay for a Real ID. Nor will I ever procure one.

I will keep my US Passport up to date, and will travel the globe with it — long after Trump is gone from the world stage. I encourage others to do the same. So… why the rant?

Today, the WSJ.com and ABC.com (and others) are reporting that starting in February 2026, TSA at many US airports will attempt to charge an added $45 fee, for passengers without a Real ID — those flying with “just” a State issued driver’s license. What the stories omit… is that if you have a passport, the TSA must accept that as evidence of identity for all domestic (and international) travel. Damn — e.g., see here:

…Travelers going through airport security checkpoints without a REAL ID or passport will face a $45 fee starting Feb. 1, the Transportation Security Administration announced Monday.

This fee is part of the agency’s next phase of the REAL ID implementation process and will require individuals to verify their identity through a biometric or biographic system if they don’t have a compliant form of identification before they’re permitted to cross through the checkpoint.

The announcement follows a proposed rule published in the Federal Register last month, but the agency increased the fee from its previously proposed amount of $18….

Stand on — and insist on — your rights. Your passport grants you all the privileges you need. Do not pay added (junk) fees. Especially not to… Trump and Musk (who clearly each want to collect and monetize the data streams from Real IDs). Onward.

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Good Bioscience / Vaccine News: The 2025 DRC Ebola Flare-Up Is… At An End!

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The dying might have stopped at fewer than five [all in there were 10X that many, this time — at least 45 fatalities] — in this sixteenth outbreak, had USAID not been sidelined by Musk and Trump. But this is good news, just the same: the 2025 Ebola outbreak in DRC has been arrested. Ended. Put down — with real bioscience (are you paying attention, RFK, Jr.?!).

Here is the WHO press release — overnight, in Africa — and a bit:

…Kinshasa — The Democratic Republic of the Congo today declared the end of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Kasai Province, after no new cases were reported in the past 42 days since the last patient was discharged from treatment centre on 19 October 2025.

“On behalf of the government — and taking into account all the scientific and operational indicators confirming that the chain of transmission of the virus has been broken — I hereby officially declare the end of the 16th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,” said Dr Samuel Roger Kamba, Minister of Public Health, Hygiene and Social Welfare.

The rapid and coordinated response by the Ministry of Health, with support from World Health Organization (WHO) and partners, was pivotal in halting the spread of the virus which affected Bulape Health Zone, a rural community with limited road and telecommunication infrastructure. In total, 64 cases (53 confirmed, 11 probable) and 45 deaths were recorded in the outbreak.

A total of 112 WHO experts and frontline responders were deployed to support the national authorities to swiftly scale up and sustain the response, and over 150 tonnes of medical supplies and equipment were delivered to protect health workers and communities….

To protect communities and health workers, more than 47,500 people were vaccinated against Ebola, with vaccination initially targeting contacts of people confirmed with the virus and later expanded to communities in and around Bulape….

Onward, into Monday’s sunshine — smiling, at what comes in just seven days, in Music City.

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What It Looks Like — When A Mob Family “Captures” 1600 Penn [Again] — Per The Guardian (UK).

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It simply cannot be over-stated. Trump, his paid-for bride and his failsons (and in-laws) are selling America to the highest bidder — and are pocketing graft, all along the way.

Likely now, into the high single digits of billions, for the family’s personal coffers. Here’s that all too UN-surprising story, from the Brits, at The Guardian:

…A crusading prosecutor in the Balkans comes under pressure to drop a big case. Vietnamese villagers learn they are to be evicted. A convicted crypto kingpin in the Gulf receives a pardon.

All have one thing in common: they appear to be connected to the Trump family’s campaign to amass riches around the world. Since Donald Trump’s re-election a year ago, warnings that his use of presidential power to advance personal interests is corroding American democracy have grown ever louder. What is less understood — and perhaps even more dangerous — is the damage this is doing everywhere else.

Trump’s eldest sons, Don Jr and Eric, formally the custodians of the family business, are conducting a global dealmaking blitz. They have broken ground on new golf courses, received permission for new skyscrapers, rented out the Trump brand, and in cryptocurrency they have embraced a venture with the capacity to bring in more than everything that has gone before….

Kristofer Harrison, a senior foreign policy official under President George W. Bush — who now runs an anti-corruption organisation called the Dekleptocracy Project — is among those accusing the Trumps of operating a “pay to play” system that benefits those who do business with the president’s family.

Such an approach could be manipulated, he said, especially by rival powers such as China. He said: “Trump has made authoritarians’ wildest dreams come true….”

To anyone with a working fore-brain, the conflicts of interest — and thus, the resulting payoffs/bribes are… obvious. But thus far, no court of law has found that the Trump Family™ is a… criminal enterprise. We all already know it is. Damn.

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Again, From Mirengoff: Good Recognition — But “Too Little; Too Late”, Man…

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This overnight diatribe by Paul correctly opens by noting that Donald Trump is damaging the rule of law.

But it turns out that all Paul is doing is using that observation as a springboard to complain about judges who are noting the very same facts that animated Mirengoff’s opening paragraphs.

And, as I’ve said repeatedly, everything Trump does is the responsibility of these feckless, whining, regular GOP members… who for him perhaps three times (and certainly, at least twice), knowing full well that his character flaws would lead to this moment without doubt.

So again, Paul refuses to acknowledge that the phone calls are coming from inside the house.

He and the PowerLine boys have much to atone for in the decades ahead.

Out.

The Able USDC Judge Vargas In Manhattan Has Entered A Sunday Order: Noemites To Report By 5 PM Eastern, Tomorrow — On Ms. McDonald’s Freedom.

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As we reported yesterday, Kristi Noem failed to comply with a federal court immediate release order, under a “great writ” petition– i.e., a habeas corpus petition.

There will be fireworks, if tomorrow’s “Noem Report” doesn’t include proof of Ms. McDonald’s return to NYC, and release without conditions. Here’s the latest text-only order:

…ORDER

Respondents shall file an additional status letter no later than December 1, 2025, at 5pm certifying compliance with the Court’s order regarding Petitioner’s transport to the District and release from custody.

(HEREBY ORDERED by Judge Jeannette A. Vargas) (Text Only Order) (Vargas, Jeannette)….

Now you know. Onward, resolutely, after ’25 gingerbread house construction sessions. Smile.

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